Sir Alexander, Knight of the Empire

Name: Sir Alexander, Knight of the Empire

Painter: Zach Lanier

Manufacturer: Games Workshop

Notes: This was another labor of love, one of those minis that could have easily ended up on the side of my workbench never completed. It took quite a long time to do, even by my standards, but I’m happy with the result. The head is from the Space Wolf plastic sprue with a sculpted helmet, the rest of the stock figure is from the mounted version of Archaon. For the rider, the shield has been modified, the cloak cut back a bit, a bit of clothing added, the lance was built from a lot of various parts and the two twin-tailed comet designs on his chest were added. The horse was heavily mofified, the cloth was added to his sides, the ropes and tassel, round edges on the reins and top of his cloth, saddle blanket, and the horn on his head are sculpted or pieced together. The tail was repositioned and various sculpted twin tailed comets are spread around. For the painting I tried to mimic fabrics on the cloth and natural textures where I could, like he hair on the horse. Most of the freehand is made up of lots of dots and lines to simulate woven fabric. All in all there’s more freehand on this one piece than everything else I’ve ever done combined! It won gold at the Baltimore 2010 Golden Demons in the fantasy single category and from what I understand it was in the final 3 for consideration for the sword, but lost out to Todd’s excellent Lictor. It also received a gold in the fantasy category at MFCA 2012.